For content creators who leverage the regulatory requirements of the GDPR to refine their customer data-gathering processes and create—or rebuild—trust that such data will be used only to the customer's benefit, the byproduct should be more satisfied, more trusting, and more engaged customers. And that's a worthy goal on either side of the Atlantic.

Content Management

Oracle consulting company AppsDBA.co.uk Limited announced the upcoming release of an application for iPhone and iPad for monitoring, managing, and tuning Oracle databases. The mDBA app allows users to monitor performance data and options on the go from an iPhone or iPad.

PaperThin, a provider of Web content management solutions, unveiled CommonSpot 6.0, the newest release of its CMS platform that comes complete with a sleek new user interface, as well as marketing and development tools to improve site effectiveness.

Nuxeo announced that its Galaxy partner metaLogic has released a new toolkit for Lotus Notes customers adopting Nuxeo's open source enterprise content management platform. Lotus Notes IMT for Nuxeo ECM simplifies email and document management between Lotus Notes and applications built on the Nuxeo open source ECM platform.

Socialtext, the creator of SocialPoint, announced the new version of its enterprise social software platform will include two communications capabilities that are able to be integrated into Microsoft SharePoint. Through Socialtext Signals, customers can engage in enterprise microblogging within SharePoint.

Kapow Technologies announced the latest release of the Kapow Web Data Server, version 7.2. The Kapow Web Data Server is used by more than 400 Fortune 1000 companies to automate the access to and integration with any web data source.

Ex Libris Group announced the release of version 2.0 of the Rosetta digital preservation system. Rosetta 2.0 is currently live at the National Library of New Zealand and will be rolled out to all Rosetta customers over the course of 2010.

MuseGlobal announced a new release of its Muse Content Machine, including support for interoperability with the SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search application. The new Muse Content Machine allows users to use Muse Smart Connectors as a means of gathering information from enterprise applications and commercial content sources.

Cenveo, Inc. entered an agreement to acquire Glyph International from Infomedia 18 Limited. Glyph, which operates in New Delhi and Bangalore, India, as well as in London and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., specializes in full suite content production, from project management through editorial, composition, artwork, and XML creation.

Linguistic and cultural issues impact the success of businesses seeking to expand throughout the increasingly global marketplace, as well as successes closer to home—given the fact that many countries are populated by those speaking different languages. Previously, only companies of a certain size looked beyond their borders. Today, every business is in competition with every other business across the planet.

Thomas the Train had a vision ("I think I can, I think I can"), never let obstacles get in his way, stayed focused on his goal and eventually realized success! As I looked across the landscape of this year's Open Government and Innovations (OGI) Conference held this week in Washington, D.C. , it became apparent there were more Thomas-train types than the doubting Thomases I talked to last year. Like Penn Station at rush hour, the ballroom at the Grand Hyatt was jammed as people listened, tweeted and tapped their keyboards to spread the message of the keynote speaker, Cory Ondrejka, co-creator of Second Life, whose message was like a trumpet sounding the cry for government to become more open and agile. To those present, he seemed to say, "You can, You can, You can."

ECM provider Open Text Corporation will include Rights Management Services (RMS) in the Open Text ECM Suite. The new feature will allow Open Text customers to safeguard confidential and sensitive information from unauthorized uses, even after it leaves the company's hands.

dotCMS, a Java-based open source CMS, introduced its new Partner Program. The program allows Partners to encapsulate their domain expertise in the form of Accelerators, technology modules that meet specific vertical or horizontal needs.

Nordic River announced TextFlow Desktop, an update to its TextFlow solution, that gives users of Microsoft Word and Open Office a way to collaborate and dynamically review documents with complete control over the work process. Earlier TextFlow releases deleted images and tables before merging, creating the task of replacing them within the final document once all editing was completed.

ACOM Solutions, Inc. introduced a set of enhancements to its EZContentManager (EZCM) v.3.10.0 document management solution that simplify operations and provide greater flexibility to workflow. The company also announced a new Accounts Payable General Ledger Distribution module that interacts with Sage's MAS 90/200/500.

Bamboo Solutions, a provider of enhancement technologies for Microsoft SharePoint, and Apptix, a provider of hosted services for organizations, announced a partnership to provide Apptix customers with Bamboo's popular third-party products. Apptix is offering Bamboo Web Parts in two bundled applications packs.

Sitecore, a provider of .NET-based CMS software, announced the release of the latest version of its Sitecore Intranet Portal solution. Built on Sitecore's Web CMS platform, Intranet Portal 3.1 helps organizations build an intranet that serves as the communications hub for the entire organization.

Japanese software vendor JustSystems and automated XML content conversion provider Stilo International are forming a partnership to integrate Stilo Migrate v2and JustSystems XMetaL Author Enterprise 6.0. Migrate v2 is a new system, available online or deployable onsite, that is designed to reduce the time and cost of content conversion projects in various content types, including rich media.

Lionbridge and IBM announced a partnership agreement to support the development of automated translation technology. According to the agreement, IBM will offer Lionbridge's SaaS text-to-text language automation software.

Semantic enrichment and taxonomy development company Access Innovations announced a new series of updates to its Data Harmony products that are aimed at MarkLogic Server users. Data Harmony aims to improve search capability by creating and integrating metadata based on a taxonomy or controlled vocabulary.